A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order that the law violates Georgia’s Constitution, finding that “liberty in Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections, … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday delivered a powerful speech on abortion rights — her first address to focus solely on reproductive rights and the dire landscape for pregnant people in a post-Roe v. Wade world since she became the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris spoke at a rally in Atlanta, where she was surrounded by … Read more
A 3-2 Republican majority on Georgia’s State Election Board voted Friday to require local election offices to hand count the state’s millions of ballots, inviting chaos as experts warned the task would prove impossible in the state’s largest counties, which lean Democratic. The rule was just the latest in a string of partisan votes from … Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday tossed out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president — saying that they lie beyond the state’s jurisdiction. The case against Trump and others who are appealing an order allowing … Read more
A Fox News guest on Wednesday revived the widely disputed theory that video games fuel mass shootings. (Watch the video below.) Randy Sutton, a former Las Vegas policeman and spokesperson for Blue Lives Matter, appeared on “Your World” after a suspected 14-year-old gunman shot and killed four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, … Read more
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the Republican election official who defied Donald Trump in 2021 echoed Trump’s fearmongering about noncitizen voting. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger joined other Republican officials in Washington to call for states to ban undocumented immigrants from casting ballots. “I believe that no matter where you’re elected – for president, school … Read more
Photo: Brandon Bell / Staff (Getty Images) A tire explosion in the maintenance area of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport killed two early Tuesday morning. WSB-TV reports that the tire exploded while workers were attempting to remove it from the plane. The explosion killed both a Delta employee and a contractor. A third person who is … Read more
Democrats sued Georgia’s State Election Board on Monday, asking a judge to block new rules the party claims could cause “chaos” and allow local officials to potentially delay or even stop the certification of votes in November. The suit — filed by the Democratic Party of Georgia and the Democratic National Committee, with backing from … Read more
Donald Trump’s lawyers in his Georgia election subversion case requested Monday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office be removed from the case, arguing that she led the “intentional injection of false allegations of racism” into court proceedings. Much of the filing in the Georgia Court of Appeals focused on a speech … Read more
Mitch Landrieu, the national co-chair for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, said Sunday he believes she could surge to victory in Georgia — a key swing state — in November, pointing to a wave of “new energy” since she became the Democratic nominee. “We really think that we have a chance to win Georgia,” Landrieu … Read more
